List of Famous people born on October 7th

Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a Finnish football manager and former defender.

Robert Dekeyser is a Belgian-German entrepreneur and former football goalkeeper. He is the founder of DEDON, a Germany-based manufacturer of outdoor furniture with distribution in more than 80 countries. An outdoor enthusiast, Dekeyser is also the founder of DEDON ISLAND, a luxury resort in the Philippines.

Herbert Fritzenwenger was a West German cross country skier and Biathlete who competed in the late 1980s, including the 1988 Winter Olympics. During his career he collected a silver medal and 2 bronze medals at World Championships.

Mattias Hargin, born 7 October 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Stockholm, he competed mainly in slalom, and is the younger brother of Janette Hargin, who also raced for Sweden. Hargin was married to Swedish alpine free-skier Matilda Rapaport, who died in an avalanche in Chile in July 2016.

Stefan Tone Marinovic is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League side Wellington Phoenix.

William Lok is a Hong Kong racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Campos Racing.

Carmen Essam Soliman, better known by her stage name Carmen Suliman, is an Egyptian singer. Soliman won the first season of Arab Idol in 2012 broadcast live on MBC, winning a recording contract with Platinum Records. After grueling rounds of televised eliminations, and critical evaluations by celebrity judges Ragheb Alama, Nancy Ajram, Ahlam and Egyptian music producer Hassan El Shafei, Carmen Soliman prevailed against all other contestants to become the first winner of the hit series on 24 March 2012 with the highest number of votes. Her first single, "Kalam Kalam" was released on 4 March 2013 jumping to No. 1 on the Egyptian charts, and her first album was released in January 2014. Carmen followed with numerous hit singles, including "Akhbari" and "Azama Ala Azama" a trio with fellow Idol contestants, Dounia Batma and Youssef Arafat.

Tom Jozef Irène Van Grieken is a Belgian politician and author who has served as Leader of Vlaams Belang since October 2014.

Yuta "Ulka" Sasaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2010, he formerly competed for Ultimate Fighting Championship, Shooto, DEEP, and Vale Tudo Japan. He is the former Shooto Pacific Rim (132 lbs) Champion.

Wataru Abe is a Japanese announcer, television reporter, television personality, and news anchor for NHK. Abe is a host for NHK's evening talk show Gogonama. From 2008 until 2017 he was a news anchor for NHK's morning news show NHK News Ohayō Nippon.